Jules CLI vs. Qwen Code

Feature	Jules CLI	Qwen Code

Tagline	Google's async coding agent in your terminal	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://jules.google	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	May 20, 2025	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - Terminal only	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Gemini models only	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (15 tasks/day) / $20-125/mo	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	N/A	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active